Overview

Summary:

Dream Lovers contains seventeen short stories of erotic romance with ghosts, vampires, succubi, gargoyles, werewolves, witches and other magical creatures along with humans. These paranormal fantasies are fast moving. The sex contained in them is mostly vanilla. If you want romance stories with a little added sex, this is the book for you. If you're not already a fan of romance writing, this may not be to your liking.

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Catalog ID: 1573446556

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About author

Author:

Collection of Stories by Various Authors

–Tuesday's opinion

Kristina Wright is a writer and editor who also teaches college courses. Her first book, Fairy Tale Lust, was nominated for a Reader's Choice award by RT Book Reviews. She is also the winner of the Golden Heart Award for Romantic Suspense.

Content / Style / Audience

Publisher:

Cleis Press Inc.

Publication date:

2011 year

ISBN:

978-1-57344-655-6

–Tuesday's opinion

Dream Lovers is classified as a romance novel, yet it seems to fit within the subgenres of paranormal romance or erotic romance also. The seventeen short stories in this book each involve two main characters. Either one or both characters is not human or a non-human force compels the actions of the human characters except in one case which involves telepathy.

The theme of a strong male character aggressively pursuing a female character who sometimes resists, but wants physical intimacy as much as he does, is present in many of the stories. The female always gives in and is blown away with how fantastic the experience is.

Flowery descriptions of the sexual encounters appear in many of the stories: for example, this one from Freeing the Demon:

She sobbed in frustration, thrusting frantically against him, and he raised her again until his hardness teased, stroked, licked at her, flooding her with wetness and sensation.

"Love Resurrection" - A woman is happily seduced by a poet's ghost and takes extreme actions to keep seeing him.

"Dreaming by the Sea" - A woman's former suitor finds her and seduces her forcefully, but there's a twist.

"Devil's Food" - A fairy seduction.

"The Rainmaker" - A woman saves the day and ends a drought through sex.

"Shattered Belle" - A woman and a priest with a surprise ending.

"Living off Lovers" - A story that initially seems to be about voyeurism, but progresses into a twisted tale about ghost lovers in an apartment building and the current residents.

"Where the Heart is" - Love with a half feral man.

"Freeing the Demon" - A gargoyle takes care of a hooker's problem clients then becomes her lover.

"Old-Fashioned Glamor" - A witch must choose between keeping her charms and protections or being with the lover she desires.

"Moongirl Meets Wolfman" - Were people find each other.

"Vanilla" - A woman telepathically feels the pleasure her lab partner feels kneading cookie dough. Never mind that he has just told her how good kneading dough feels before her telepathic revelation. This works into both characters feeling physical pleasure.

"For Humans, Love is all About Weight" - A woman experiences ecstasy and warm love with a magical bird man.

"Succubus Comes Home" - A powerful female succubus sleeps with a conquest who turns out to be her best friend and perfect incubus love match.

"Folly" - A woman is drawn to a stone man, releases him from stone, is rewarded with a night of blissful passion, then must go to great lengths to save his life.

"Lust as Old as Us" - A loving, kindhearted vampire waits for a woman to fulfill her dream of having a husband and children before inviting her to join him in vampirehood. This vampire is not evil and this is actually a sweet, engaging story.

"The Eye of the Pearl" - Magical creatures - are they flying gladiators? acrobatic demon slayers? - fall in love in the most athletic tale in the book. Take home lesson: Don't underestimate women.

"Thief of Dreams" - Nicely written story about a fallen angel and how his life must intertwine, but happily so, with that of the woman he protects. This story offers non-vanilla sex.

On the whole this is a good collection for those who enjoy romance writing.

Design

Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

220

Length:

8"

Width:

5 1/2"

–Tuesday's opinion

This is an oversize paperback novel of 234 pages with an introduction by the editor and a forward by erotic romance writer and best selling author Megan Hart.

The front cover shows an attractive man and woman who appear to be about to kiss in a smoky, foggy backdrop. The back cover shows a darkened version of the same photo with a paragraph to entice you about what the book contains and several recommendation quotes.

Reviews(30)

If, like me, you really do adore a book of stories that are not sex tales but stories with sex in them then you will love this book probably as much as I do! Dream Lover is a great read and I totally recommend trying to get a copy.

This book is great for those who enjoy the magical aspect of erotica, and are also hopeless romantics since each story at the very least implies a "happily ever after." There's a wide variety of settings, acts, and story lines, making sure that you won't ever be reading the same story twice.

If you're looking for something different in erotica besides the same old typical happenings, then this is a great choice. A book great for those that like magic, paranormal, mythical, ect creatures and happenings. All of these stories deal with some type of paranormal or make-believe plot/characters.

If you are trying to get into erotica this might be the book for you. It has more of a supernatural element that eases you into the stories. While I wish there was a bit more sex, it really was a great read. I am blown away by how creative the authors got with story ideas.

If you love paranormal romance, you'll lust after the paranormal erotica in "Dream Lover". There are 17 creative, competently written and sexy stories involving a wide variety of paranormal creatures – not just the usual vampires and werewolves. There is a marvelous introduction by Megan Hunt, and Kristina Wright has done a fabulous job of selecting and arranging scarily sexy stories.

Dream Lover is a collection of stories that focus on paranormal erotic romance. If you like vampires, ghosts, and even mermaids in your erotica/erotic romance then you should give this collection a try. I think this has the potential to add variety to many book shelves.